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| 1. | UEfrayimi uhamba lomoya, alandele umoya wempumalanga usuku lonke; bayandisa amanga lesihluku, benze isivumelwano leAsiriya, base amafutha eGibhithe. |
| 2. | I Nkosi ilecala loJuda, izamtshaya uJakobe ngokufanele indlela zakhe, imphindisele ngokufanele izenzo zakhe. |
| 3. | Lesiswini waphica umfowabo, eseyindoda wabindana lonkulunkulu. |
| 4. | Wabindana lengilosi wanqoba, wakhala inyembezi ecela umusa kuyo. Wahlangana lonkulunkulu eBhetheli, uNkulunkulu wakhuluma laye lapho. |
| 5. | Uyi Nkosi, uNkulunkulu wamabandla, yi Nkosi ibizo lakhe. |
| 6. | Ngakho-ke, wena, ngokusizwa nguNkulunkulu wakho, buyela, ubambelele othandweni lakokufaneleyo, uthembe kuNkulunkulu wakho njalonjalo. |
| 7. | Wena Israyeli, unjengomthengi ophethe izilinganiso ezikhohlisayo othanda ukuqilibezela. |
| 8. | UEfrayimi uthe: Senginothile, ngizizuzele inotho. Kodwa yonke inotho yakhe ingelihlawulele icala alenzileyo. |
| 9. | Mina ngiyi Nkosi, uNkulunkulu wakho, kusukela ekuhlaleni kwakho elizweni leGibhithe. Ngisazakuhlalisa emathenteni njengensukwini zomkhosi omisiweyo. |
| 10. | Ngakhuluma kubaprofethi, yimi engandisa imibono, ngakhuluma ngemifanekiso ngabaprofethi. |
| 11. | Kwakukhonzwa izithombe eGileyadi yini? Yebo, babonakele, bahlabela onkulunkulu bezinkunzi eGiligali. Amalathi abo anda njengenqumbi zamatshe emasimini. |
| 12. | UJakobe wabalekela elizweni leSiriya, lapho uIsrayeli asebenzela khona ukuthola umfazi, welusa izimvu ngenxa yomfazi. |
| 13. | I Nkosi yamkhupha uIsrayeli eGibhithe ngomprofethi, walondolozwa ngumprofethi. |
| 14. | UEfrayimi ucunule ngokubabayo kakhulu; ngakho iNkosi yakhe izakwehlisela phezu kwakhe icala lakhe legazi, ibuyisele kuye inhlamba yakhe. |
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